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We doubt that economic activity in the euro zone will afford the ECB scope to raise the refinancing ...
PAUL CHERTKOW We're expecting just two rate increases by the end of next year. That's not enough to help the euro.
GAVIN FRIEND The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentia...
KOSUKE HANAO On balance, the macro outlook continues to point to further rate hikes by the Fed.
CHARMAINE BUSKAS Expectations of further Fed rate increases haven't peaked yet, while rate hikes by the Bank of Japan...
TOMOKO FUJII![]()
What worries me for Europe is the monetary policy of European authorities. (The ECB) might slow grow...
BERNARD ARNAULT Euro-zone data flow this morning will encourage further hawkish rhetoric from the ECB.
JAMES KNIGHTLEY We've had a good set of data out of Europe. That has been reflected to some degree in the interest-r...
JEFFREY YOUNG Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases f...
DOUG DUNCAN Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by...
HOWARD ARCHER Momentum in the economy is gathering pace and the ECB are likely to give quite a hawkish outlook in ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS The market was largely supported by the property sector as interest rate worries eased after the rel...
CASTOR PANG The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA This underpins our belief that the Bank of England is too optimistic on the growth outlook and will ...
HOWARD ARCHER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The ECB probably won't do very much, maybe one or two rate hikes, and if the Fed keeps tightening th...
BESA DEDA Further rate increases are possible.
BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH Potential political pressures must be resisted. The best contribution the ECB can make to the econom...
OTMAR ISSING Potential political pressures must be resisted, ... The best contribution the ECB can make to the ec...
OTMAR ISSING Clearly the outlook for the currency markets, and in particular the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate w...
ALAN WILLIAMSON Wall Street fell Friday and prompted some investors to take profits. Sentiment was also weighed down...
PETER LAI The European economy is on course for a good recovery and the ECB is likely to raise rates to 2.75 p...
MASAFUMI YAMAMOTO There has been a shift this week towards expectations of another U.S. interest rate rise in March --...
DEREK HALPENNY Interest rate expectations are driving the dollar.
BOB SINCHE The minutes didn't change the outlook for the interest rate moves priced into the market. The Fed is...
MICHAEL DARDA He repeated the call for modest interest rate increases.
JACK SPITZ We could have more interest-rate increases.
JEAN BORJEIX The ECB and further interest rates are still on peoples' minds, but it is not really affecting marke...
GIUSEPPE AMATO The ECB has signaled that if there was any risk inflation expectations would run away, they would co...
KORNELIUS PURPS The market is being driven by a pickup in economic growth expectations,
BEN FUNNELL “the message is becoming clearer by the day to our leaders and financial institutions that lending...
SOTONYE ANGA The market is being affected somewhat by the volatility and expectations surrounding the exchange ra...
CARLOS SAMANO A rate-hike response by the ECB would not have achieved much [and would have been] counter-productiv...
ALISON COTTRELL We anticipate further like-for-like growth in the fourth quarter, supported by further store opening...
CHARLES DUNSTONE It's difficult to see the rand strengthening further from current levels because rates are going aga...
ION DE VLEESCHAUWER Long-term interest rate levels reflect real economic growth, inflationary expectations and risk prem...
KAORU YOSANO There was an upgrade in the economic assessment by the BOJ and comments from governor Fukui. From th...
CARSTEN FRITSCH The economy is going to accelerate but only at a moderate pace and that means the ECB won't be very ...
JUERGEN MICHELS We've got a market that's very concerned about interest- rate increases.
FRANKLIN MORTON The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl...
CYRIL BEUZIT Healthy economic fundamentals, expectations of further rate hikes and high commodity prices could fa...
ASMARA JAMALEH Growth prospects have brightened ... Against this background and due to the excess liquidity in the ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING It comes down to rate fears. The Fed is going to have to get pretty aggressive. We're quite worried ...
TERRENCE GABRIEL Strong figures will certainly re-ignite expectations of further Fed rate hikes.
TORU UMEMOTO This is the highest inflation rate we've seen in over three years and much higher than 0.3 percent i...
EMMANUEL FERRY We've seen an accumulation of strong numbers and sentiment at high levels in Europe. When we look at...
CYRIL BEUZIT The ECB could never argue in the way the Fed did in justifying its most recent rate cuts, by citing ...
ERNST WELTEKE Growth prospects have brightened ... Against this background and due to the excess liquidity in the ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING![]()
Wrong?
So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ...
DEYTH BANGER I expect two interest-rate increases of 25 basis points each this year.
ANTON BOERNER Signs of financial stress still are present. The persistent interest rate increases by the Federal R...
JAMES CHESSEN There is ... no sign yet that the ECB is even contemplating unilateral intervention on the euro.
SEAN CALLOW Interest-rate support for the Australian dollar will lessen quite substantially as the year progress...
NICK BENNENBROEK Market expectations... for a pause in interest rate rises have retreated.
KOSUKE HANAO![]()
So long as he leaves open the prospect of even further rate increases, however, he won't get it.
JOHN EDWARDS![]()
Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projecti...
ALAN GREENSPAN![]()
Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was, in terms of permanently memorable...
J.D. SALINGER We will ensure that, even in an environment of rising inflationary risks, the ECB will make an impor...
AXEL WEBER![]()
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C.![]()
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by t...
HUBERT H. HUMPHREY The disappointing GDP means the Australian dollar will be vulnerable. This takes the Reserve Bank's ...
CLIFFORD BENNETT The results confirm the view that the euro zone export/investment-led recovery is graduating to a mo...
LENA KOMILEVA We've seen some gyrations in expectations due to the whipsaw that we've seen in the economic data. W...
GLENN HABERBUSH The ongoing scenario of supply and demand dynamics require a cautious interest rate approach by the ...
ALEXANDRE LINTZ With further rate increases and favorable market conditions, 2006 may well be a good year for Hannov...
CATHERINE SCHMITT The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU In terms of current interest rate levels and inflation, the ECB has room to cut rates and help the u...
GERNOT NERB If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG![]()
If the ECB has to intervene regularly to support the euro, it is sending the wrong message to the pu...
DAVID GILMORE The market is becoming very nervous about the earnings outlook for the tech sector after a string of...
NORIHIRO FUJITO![]()
A further rise [in fuel prices] could cut materially into private spending and thus damp the rate of...
ALAN GREENSPAN Recent economic indicators show a lackluster economic climate. And that led to the surprise 50-basis...
FRANK NOTHAFT My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco...
GRACE FEY The ECB is trying to walk a very fine line between its mandate to control the budding inflationary p...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG People recognize that the economy is getting stronger and job creation is more in their favor, but t...
DAVID LITTMAN Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corpor...
ABBY COHEN Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corpor...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corpor...
JOSEPH COHEN Forget the interpretations of recession. We're still talking about a relatively stretched economy. T...
CRAIG EBERT The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI The possibility of their becoming members will depend on the interest shown by the two parties.
JACQUES SAADA The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no i...
HOWARD ARCHER The CPI proved not so helpful for the yen's rises. The market is now shifting its focus to the polic...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Given what's already priced in, I don't think there's any reason for the yen to rise much further.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Speculation about an early shift in policy will fitfully encourage yen-buying in the short term. Tha...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA A positive nationwide core figure will trigger relieved yen-buying.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA European economies are picking up. The German economy in particular is expanding, shown in yesterday...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA The dollar will probably stay strong, as the U.S. economy is holding up.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Fukui will probably reiterate prospects for steady economic recovery. Even if Fukui says the same th...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA You don't need to think the economy is losing momentum.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN There was a lot of speculation last week about the end of rate hikes. Now we've come back to what I ...
ANTJE PRAEFCKE Consumers are very concerned with value given high gas prices, interest-rate increases and high debt...
JACKIE FERNANDEZ Any surprises in the January CPI data from Bavaria and Brandenburg will clearly influence short-term...
MARC OSTWALD![]()
By the time we've made it, we've had it.
MALCOLM FORBES![]()
I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.
JOHN LITHGOW
PAUL CHERTKOW We're expecting just two rate increases by the end of next year. That's not enough to help the euro.
GAVIN FRIEND The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentia...
KOSUKE HANAO On balance, the macro outlook continues to point to further rate hikes by the Fed.
CHARMAINE BUSKAS Expectations of further Fed rate increases haven't peaked yet, while rate hikes by the Bank of Japan...
TOMOKO FUJII
What worries me for Europe is the monetary policy of European authorities. (The ECB) might slow grow... BERNARD ARNAULT Euro-zone data flow this morning will encourage further hawkish rhetoric from the ECB.
JAMES KNIGHTLEY We've had a good set of data out of Europe. That has been reflected to some degree in the interest-r...
JEFFREY YOUNG Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases f...
DOUG DUNCAN Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by...
HOWARD ARCHER Momentum in the economy is gathering pace and the ECB are likely to give quite a hawkish outlook in ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS Any reports that suggest a strong U.S. economy will re- ignite expectations of further Fed rate incr...
MAMORU ASHIMOTO The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v...
ADAM MYERS The market was largely supported by the property sector as interest rate worries eased after the rel...
CASTOR PANG The U.S. economy's growth is making further interest rate increases likely and that's been translate...
JUNICHI MISAWA Strong economic figures will confirm the Japanese economy is doing better, reinforcing expectations ...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA This underpins our belief that the Bank of England is too optimistic on the growth outlook and will ...
HOWARD ARCHER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The ECB probably won't do very much, maybe one or two rate hikes, and if the Fed keeps tightening th...
BESA DEDA Further rate increases are possible.
BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH Potential political pressures must be resisted. The best contribution the ECB can make to the econom...
OTMAR ISSING Potential political pressures must be resisted, ... The best contribution the ECB can make to the ec...
OTMAR ISSING Clearly the outlook for the currency markets, and in particular the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate w...
ALAN WILLIAMSON Wall Street fell Friday and prompted some investors to take profits. Sentiment was also weighed down...
PETER LAI The European economy is on course for a good recovery and the ECB is likely to raise rates to 2.75 p...
MASAFUMI YAMAMOTO There has been a shift this week towards expectations of another U.S. interest rate rise in March --...
DEREK HALPENNY Interest rate expectations are driving the dollar.
BOB SINCHE The minutes didn't change the outlook for the interest rate moves priced into the market. The Fed is...
MICHAEL DARDA He repeated the call for modest interest rate increases.
JACK SPITZ We could have more interest-rate increases.
JEAN BORJEIX The ECB and further interest rates are still on peoples' minds, but it is not really affecting marke...
GIUSEPPE AMATO The ECB has signaled that if there was any risk inflation expectations would run away, they would co...
KORNELIUS PURPS The market is being driven by a pickup in economic growth expectations,
BEN FUNNELL “the message is becoming clearer by the day to our leaders and financial institutions that lending...
SOTONYE ANGA The market is being affected somewhat by the volatility and expectations surrounding the exchange ra...
CARLOS SAMANO A rate-hike response by the ECB would not have achieved much [and would have been] counter-productiv...
ALISON COTTRELL We anticipate further like-for-like growth in the fourth quarter, supported by further store opening...
CHARLES DUNSTONE It's difficult to see the rand strengthening further from current levels because rates are going aga...
ION DE VLEESCHAUWER Long-term interest rate levels reflect real economic growth, inflationary expectations and risk prem...
KAORU YOSANO There was an upgrade in the economic assessment by the BOJ and comments from governor Fukui. From th...
CARSTEN FRITSCH The economy is going to accelerate but only at a moderate pace and that means the ECB won't be very ...
JUERGEN MICHELS We've got a market that's very concerned about interest- rate increases.
FRANKLIN MORTON The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl...
CYRIL BEUZIT Healthy economic fundamentals, expectations of further rate hikes and high commodity prices could fa...
ASMARA JAMALEH Growth prospects have brightened ... Against this background and due to the excess liquidity in the ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING It comes down to rate fears. The Fed is going to have to get pretty aggressive. We're quite worried ...
TERRENCE GABRIEL Strong figures will certainly re-ignite expectations of further Fed rate hikes.
TORU UMEMOTO This is the highest inflation rate we've seen in over three years and much higher than 0.3 percent i...
EMMANUEL FERRY We've seen an accumulation of strong numbers and sentiment at high levels in Europe. When we look at...
CYRIL BEUZIT The ECB could never argue in the way the Fed did in justifying its most recent rate cuts, by citing ...
ERNST WELTEKE Growth prospects have brightened ... Against this background and due to the excess liquidity in the ...
GERNOT GRIEBLING
Wrong?So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ...
DEYTH BANGER I expect two interest-rate increases of 25 basis points each this year.
ANTON BOERNER Signs of financial stress still are present. The persistent interest rate increases by the Federal R...
JAMES CHESSEN There is ... no sign yet that the ECB is even contemplating unilateral intervention on the euro.
SEAN CALLOW Interest-rate support for the Australian dollar will lessen quite substantially as the year progress...
NICK BENNENBROEK Market expectations... for a pause in interest rate rises have retreated.
KOSUKE HANAO
So long as he leaves open the prospect of even further rate increases, however, he won't get it. JOHN EDWARDS
Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projecti... ALAN GREENSPAN
Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was, in terms of permanently memorable... J.D. SALINGER We will ensure that, even in an environment of rising inflationary risks, the ECB will make an impor...
AXEL WEBER
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C.
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by t... HUBERT H. HUMPHREY The disappointing GDP means the Australian dollar will be vulnerable. This takes the Reserve Bank's ...
CLIFFORD BENNETT The results confirm the view that the euro zone export/investment-led recovery is graduating to a mo...
LENA KOMILEVA We've seen some gyrations in expectations due to the whipsaw that we've seen in the economic data. W...
GLENN HABERBUSH The ongoing scenario of supply and demand dynamics require a cautious interest rate approach by the ...
ALEXANDRE LINTZ With further rate increases and favorable market conditions, 2006 may well be a good year for Hannov...
CATHERINE SCHMITT The statement fueled market expectations that the Fed will further increase interest rates.
HIROKI SHIMAZU In terms of current interest rate levels and inflation, the ECB has room to cut rates and help the u...
GERNOT NERB If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will...
EDDIE WONG
If the ECB has to intervene regularly to support the euro, it is sending the wrong message to the pu... DAVID GILMORE The market is becoming very nervous about the earnings outlook for the tech sector after a string of...
NORIHIRO FUJITO
A further rise [in fuel prices] could cut materially into private spending and thus damp the rate of... ALAN GREENSPAN Recent economic indicators show a lackluster economic climate. And that led to the surprise 50-basis...
FRANK NOTHAFT My sense from just this brief analysis is we may avoid a rate hike in August. If you believe the eco...
GRACE FEY The ECB is trying to walk a very fine line between its mandate to control the budding inflationary p...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG People recognize that the economy is getting stronger and job creation is more in their favor, but t...
DAVID LITTMAN Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corpor...
ABBY COHEN Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corpor...
ABBY JOSEPH COHEN Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corpor...
JOSEPH COHEN Forget the interpretations of recession. We're still talking about a relatively stretched economy. T...
CRAIG EBERT The market's keen to see U.S. labor costs and economic growth figures for signs of a possible intere...
HIROICHI NISHI The possibility of their becoming members will depend on the interest shown by the two parties.
JACQUES SAADA The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no i...
HOWARD ARCHER The CPI proved not so helpful for the yen's rises. The market is now shifting its focus to the polic...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Given what's already priced in, I don't think there's any reason for the yen to rise much further.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Speculation about an early shift in policy will fitfully encourage yen-buying in the short term. Tha...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA A positive nationwide core figure will trigger relieved yen-buying.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA European economies are picking up. The German economy in particular is expanding, shown in yesterday...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA The dollar will probably stay strong, as the U.S. economy is holding up.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA Fukui will probably reiterate prospects for steady economic recovery. Even if Fukui says the same th...
ETSUKO YAMASHITA You don't need to think the economy is losing momentum.
ETSUKO YAMASHITA When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ...
JEFFREY TAN There was a lot of speculation last week about the end of rate hikes. Now we've come back to what I ...
ANTJE PRAEFCKE Consumers are very concerned with value given high gas prices, interest-rate increases and high debt...
JACKIE FERNANDEZ Any surprises in the January CPI data from Bavaria and Brandenburg will clearly influence short-term...
MARC OSTWALD
By the time we've made it, we've had it. MALCOLM FORBES
I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20. JOHN LITHGOW
